The Old Guitar Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABAB CDCDDD DEDEDE DFDFDG HDHDHD BAIABA| Neglected now is the old guitar | A |
| And moldering into decay | B |
| Fretted with many a rift and scar | A |
| That the dull dust hides away | B |
| While the spider spins a silver star | A |
| In its silent lips to day | B |
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| The keys hold only nerveless strings | C |
| The sinews of brave old airs | D |
| Are pulseless now and the scarf that clings | C |
| So closely here declares | D |
| A sad regret in its ravelings | D |
| And the faded hue it wears | D |
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| But the old guitar with a lenient grace | D |
| Has cherished a smile for me | E |
| And its features hint of a fairer face | D |
| That comes with a memory | E |
| Of a flower and perfume haunted place | D |
| And a moonlit balcony | E |
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| Music sweeter than words confess | D |
| Or the minstrel's powers invent | F |
| Thrilled here once at the light caress | D |
| Of the fairy hands that lent | F |
| This excuse for the kiss I press | D |
| On the dear old instrument | G |
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| The rose of pearl with the jeweled stem | H |
| Still blooms and the tiny sets | D |
| In the circle all are here the gem | H |
| In the keys and the silver frets | D |
| But the dainty fingers that danced o'er them | H |
| Alas for the heart's regrets | D |
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| Alas for the loosened strings to day | B |
| And the wounds of rift and scar | A |
| On a worn old heart with its roundelay | I |
| Enthralled with a stronger bar | A |
| That Fate weaves on through a dull decay | B |
| Like that of the old guitar | A |
James Whitcomb Riley
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